Improvement in slop-buckets



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM T. GARDNER, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN SLOP-BUCKETS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 152,837, dated July 7, 1874 application filed May 11, 1874.

slop-bucket in such a manner that it may answer the purpose of a seat and receptacle for a chamber, especially for use in a sick-room.

Figure 1 of the accompanying drawing shows a side elevation of the slop-bucket.

Fig. 2 is the top or cover, of which F is the handle. D is a rim projecting downward far enough to make, when the cover is taken off and inverted, a basin, into which the patient may vomit. The rim D is made of such size that it may enter the cavity of the chamber B and descend far enough for the cover E to rest upon the flange G.

Fig. 3 represents the chamber. It is simply a cylindrical vessel having a flange, G, sur; rounding the opening at its top. The part B is inserted in the hole of the seat (3, and is sustained in its proper position by the flange G, which rests upon the seat 0. The chamber may be constructed of metal or other suitable material.

Fig. 4 is a sectional view of the seat 0, and Fig. 7 is a plan of the same, showing the central opening through which the chamber B is inserted. The flanges of the seat H and I are intended to stili'en it, as well as to keep the different parts in position. i

Fig. 5 is a vertical section of the bucket, its cover E, seat 0, and chamber B.

Fig. 6 is a plan of the chamber 13.

I do not confine myself to the exact form of each of the various parts of the bucket. Thus the chamber B may be made large enough to hold such vessels as are ordinarily used for purposes of the kind. And in order to prevent bad smells from escaping into the room, the cover may be provided with a flange, and the upper part of the bucket may have a receptacle for water,,into which the flange may enter, and thus form a water-joint between the top E and the bucket itself.

The handle F to the cover of the bucket may also be made in such a way that, when inverted, it will form a stand to keep the cover in a vertical position when taken ott' and used as a basin.

The commode B and seat 0 may be constructed of the proper size, and, by a slight alteration of the flange of the seat 0, to suit the shape of the bucket, (either with or without the cover D 15,) may be adapted to and used in connection with any of the ordinary slop-buckets now in use. The ordinary cover for a slop-bucket can be used; but one constructed in the form shown in the drawing is preferable, as it efl'ectually prevents the escape of the offensive smell. The commode can be removed and the contents emptied and the commode properly cleansed in the water in the slop-bucket. The commode having been removed, leaves an ordinary bucket for use in removing slops, 850. It is less trouble to clean mine than Patersons, which has a double chamber.

These parts B and O can be made and sold separately from the bucket, thereby lessening the cost to the purchaser.

I am aware that in the patent to D. Paterson, No. 129,294, of July 16, 1872, there is a flange, B, on the inside of the bucket A, which serves the purpose of forming a chamber for holding water, and also forms a support for the commode-seat F. This I do not claim;

but I do claim the construction of the com- WILLIAM THOMAS GARDNER.

Witnesses:

WM. E. GORDON, G. A. Row. 

